It's no coincidence that gay marriage, gun control, and immigration are all in the news this month. Their prominence measures a critical political shi...
A fiscally sane agenda is needed for California, but as long as Republicans or conservatives package it by stereotyping Mexicans, the young, gays, "coastal elites," or whoever else they wish to drag into their damned "culture war," it doesn't have a chance.
Unfortunately, the most disruptive development in contemporary America is a divisive struggle over democratic ideals, cultural values, and principles of governance.
Rubio's critics are alarmed that an up-and-coming Republican leader is, once again, floating in a fact-free zone. It's Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock and Paul Broun all over again. It's the Republican primary when all the candidates publicly rejected evolution.
Let's get beyond cloudy fearful thinking. A simplistic, know-it-all community takes the easy way out, turning us all into non-thinkers: Just Say No. And that's the worst tragedy.
I never made it to law school and instead stayed home and raised kids and remained a registered Republican -- more out of loyalty to my father than to the GOP -- but increasingly found myself voting "across party lines." That changed in 1992.
What if the Culture War is not cultural at all? What if it is biological? What if this unbridgeable divide we are experiencing is in fact a matter of speciation -- between Homo sapiens retro and Homo sapiens progressivus?
Romney, who did not mention the word Palestinians in his speech or visit the occupied territories during his trip, did not recognize what any 10th grader of international politics knows: that the occupation is preventing Palestinians from attaining their full potential, cultural or otherwise.
Let's be honest here. Does anyone believe an effort like this one isn't an attempt to register those who will almost certainly vote Republican?
Huffington and Matalin debate "War on Catholics" vs. "War on Women". The legal rights of non-catholic employees in publicly funded hospitals... or a 2000 year church doctrine. Then: guess who wins shootout between Clint and Karl over Chrysler ad?
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has taken plenty of heat for making dubious assertions about modern medicine and health, but she's not t...
PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota Senate voted Wednesday to require women to wait 72 hours before they can have abortions and to submit to counsel...
Right and Left are going to have to recognize the importance of the role each plays in the well-being of the whole.
I cornered NYU Professor of Nutrition Marion Nestle to ask why the issues of junk food and obesity have become so incredibly politicized.
One of the burdens of being a large, continent-sized democracy is that the lunatic fringes are kookier, their clashes more heated and their forum that of the nation as a whole.
We've recently seen the abortion rhetoric really heat up to ridiculous proportions. Those with opposing views are being stereotyped and demonized. And facts are taking a back seat to sound bytes.
Want to know how to win a culture war? Don't fight one.
James Dobson delivered a farewell speech to the Focus on the Family staff, and conceded that the culture war he helped start hasn't turned out well fo...
SOMEDAY we'll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U...
Further polling results will help to answer the critical question of why religious voters cast their ballots the way they did. But three factors are likely key to understanding the religious shift.
I set out to learn if reason or prejudice was behind the gay ban in the military.
One thing is clear: The Wall Street crisis rips a huge hole in McCain's campaign strategy.
